The results are based on a grand total of 25 people in the psilocybin group and 21 people in the SSRI group. The sample size is pretty small.
The methodology is also kind of strange, the psilocybin group got a total of 20 hours of in-person therapy during their 'treatment' and 6 follow-up skype calls, whereas the SSRI didn't get anything other than the 6 month questionaire. Those 20 hours of personalized therapy while they were dosing had no effect on their psychology? Any change was all a result of the psilocybin and not the 20 hours of therapy?
They also measured results by a self-administered 16 question "quick inventory" depression survey. To enter the study they had to be officially diagnosed with major depression by a doctor, but the results of the study were based completely around a self-reported 16 question questionaire?
The methodology is also kind of strange, the psilocybin group got a total of 20 hours of in-person therapy during their 'treatment' and 6 follow-up skype calls, whereas the SSRI didn't get anything other than the 6 month questionaire. Those 20 hours of personalized therapy while they were dosing had no effect on their psychology? Any change was all a result of the psilocybin and not the 20 hours of therapy?
They also measured results by a self-administered 16 question "quick inventory" depression survey. To enter the study they had to be officially diagnosed with major depression by a doctor, but the results of the study were based completely around a self-reported 16 question questionaire?